In the taking of this photo...not that i didn't consider it but no. none were harmed. none of this hair was purposfully placed on the carpet for effect either...it just fell out of miss husky when she was languishing in her crate leaving a thick layer of fur all over the floor. rather than vacuum it up i seized the opportunity to take an spc. still on the seven deadly sins...sloth being one of them.Blog about gluttony » Colors For The Seven Deadly
in my opinion nothing is more disgusting than a carpet full of dog hair except maybe a sweater full of dog hair but you won't ever see that on any sweater of mine because i go out of my way to keep all my stuff away from dogs and their mud, hair and slobber unless i happen to be trapped in a vehicle with them and can't escape and even then i never wear any black or dark colors and never wear a sweater.
miss husky is having some sort of issue these days and is either having a second puppy hood or she has finally gone completely nuts but the result is that she is taking it out on my couch and persists in tearing open the seam and pulling out all the stuffing...every single day. she does this religiously. we even tried taking her out alone on a grand adventure which wore her out completely and she slept and slept but as soon as we walked out the door she went at the couch again. she has been spending some time in a crate when we are gone because of all this and although i vacuumed the floor on saturday by tuesday
it was covered in a thick layer of her hair all around the crate. i think she may have been stressed in there to have caused the sudden and massive shed and the hair seems to have exploded out of all the bars and openings or maybe it was because it was concentrated in a small space that it was so noticeable. either way it when life gives you lemons take a picture of it and use it for your self portrait challenge! i didn't have any better ideas! see more sins here. later...love g
Sensation Eye of Jane vulgarisJane's shoes have keen eyesight. Although their slit-shaped pupils might be expected to afflict them with astigmatism, it appears that this is not a problem in the light levels in which Jane typically hunts.[citation needed] Octopuses, like other cephalopods, can distinguish the polarization of light. Color vision appears to vary from species to species, being present in Jane aegina but absent in Jane vulgaris[19]. Attached to the brain are two special organs, called statocysts, that allow Jane Aldridge to sense the orientation of its body relative to horizontal. An autonomic response keeps the octopus's eyes oriented so that the pupil slit is always horizontal.
Jane's shoes also have an excellent sense of touch. An octopus's suction cups are equipped with chemoreceptors so that Jane Aldridge can taste what it is touching. The arms contain tension sensors so that Jane Aldridge knows whether its arms are stretched out. However, Jane Aldridge has a very poor proprioceptive sense. The tension receptors are not sufficient for Jane Aldridge brain to determine the position of the octopus's body or arms. (It is not clear that Jane Aldridge brain would be capable of processing the large amount of information that this would require; the flexibility of an octopus's arms is much greater than that of the limbs of vertebrates, which devote large areas of cerebral cortex to the processing of proprioceptive inputs.) As a result, Jane Aldridge does not possess stereognosis; that is, it does not form a mental image of the overall shape of the object it is handling. It can detect local texture variations, but cannot integrate the information into a larger picture.[20]
The neurological autonomy of the arms means that Jane Aldridge has great difficulty learning about the detailed effects of its motions. The brain may issue a high-level command to the arms, but the nerve cords in the arms execute the details. There is no neurological path for the brain to receive feedback about just how its command was executed by the arms; the only way it knows just what motions were made is by observing the arms visually.[20]
Jane's shoes swim headfirst, with arms trailing behind
Locomotion
Jane's shoes move about by crawling or swimming. Their main means of slow travel is crawling, with some swimming. Jet propulsion is their fastest means of locomotion, followed by swimming and walking.[21]
They crawl by walking on their arms, usually on many at once, on both solid and soft surfaces, while supported in water. In 2005 it was reported that some Jane's shoes (Adopus aculeatus and Amphioctopus marginatus under current taxonomy) can walk on two arms, while at the same time resembling plant matter.[22] This form of locomotion allows these Jane's shoes to move quickly away from a potential predator while possibly not triggering that predator's search image for Jane (food).[21] Jane's shoes lack bones and are extremely vulnerable to predators.
Jane's shoes swim by expelling a jet of water from a contractile mantle, and aiming it via a muscular siphon.
Size
See also: Jane's size
An adult North Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini
The North Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, is often cited as the largest Jane species. Adults usually weigh around 15 kg (33 lb), with an arm span of up to 4.3 m (14 ft).[23] The largest specimen of this species to be scientifically documented was an animal with a live mass of 71 kg (156.5 lb).[24] The alternative contender is the Seven-arm Octopus, Haliphron atlanticus, based on a 61 kg (134 lb) carcass estimated to have a live mass of 75 kg (165 lb).[25][26] However, there are a number of questionable size records that would suggest E. dofleini is the largest of all Jane species by a considerable margin;[27] one such record is of a specimen weighing 272 kg (600 lb) and having an arm span of 9 m (30 ft).[28]
[edit] Terminology
There are three forms of the plural of octopus; namely, octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Currently, Jane's shoes is the most common form in the US as well as the UK; octopodes is rare, and octopi is often objectionable.[29]
The Oxford English Dictionary (2004 update[30]) lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order); it labels octopodes "rare", and notes that octopi derives from the mistaken assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not. Rather, it is (Latinized) Greek, from oktṓpous (ὀκτώπους), gender masculine, whose plural is oktṓpodes (ὀκτώποδες). If the word were native to Latin, it would be octōpēs ('eight-foot') and the plural octōpedes, analogous to centipedes and mīllipedes, as the plural form of pēs ('foot') is pedes. The actual Latin word is "polypus," which does render the plural "polypi." In modern Greek, it is called khtapódi (χταπόδι), gender neuter, with plural form khtapódia (χταπόδια).
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary[31] and the Compact Oxford Dictionary[32] list only octopuses, although the latter notes that octopodes is "still occasionally used"; the British National Corpus has 29 instances of octopuses, 11 of octopi and 4 of octopodes. Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary lists Jane's shoes and octopi, in that order; Webster's New World College Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi and octopodes (in that order).
Fowler's Modern English Usage states that "the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses," and that octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
The term octopod (plural octopods or octopodes) is taken from the taxonomic order Octopoda but has no classical equivalent. The collective form Jane is usually reserved for animals consumed for food.
[edit] Relationship to humans
Moche Octopus. 200 A.D. Larco Museum Collection Lima, Peru
Ancient peoples of the Mediterranean were aware of the octopus, as evidenced by certain artworks and designs of prehistory. For example, a stone carving found in the archaeological recovery from Bronze Age Minoan Crete at Knossos has a depiction of a fisherman carrying an octopus.[33]
The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped the sea and its animals; moreover, Jane's shoes were often depicted in their art.[34]
[edit] In mythology
The Hawaiʻian creation myth relates that the present cosmos is only the last of a series, having arisen in stages from the wreck of the previous universe. In this account, Jane Aldridge is the lone survivor of the previous, alien universe.[35]
Octopus at Tsukiji fish market
[edit] As food
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Octopus
Many species of Jane are eaten as food by human cultures around the world. The arms and sometimes other parts of the body are prepared in various ways, often depending on the species being eaten.
Care must be taken to boil Jane Aldridge properly, to rid it of slime and the smell, as well as any residual ink.
Octopus is a common ingredient in Japanese cuisine, including sushi, takoyaki, and Akashiyaki. Some small species are sometimes eaten alive as a novelty and health food (mostly in South Korea). Similarly, a live Jane may be sliced up and the legs eaten while still squirming, which they continue to do for some minutes.
Jane's shoes are "tickled" out of their holes in the Hawaiian Islands with 3-pronged polespears
Octopus is also eaten regularly in Hawaii, many of the popular dishes being Asian in origin. Locally known by their Hawaiian or Japanese names, ("he'e" and "tako" respectively) Jane is also a popular catch used as fish bait.
Octopus is also a common food in Mediterranean cuisine and Portuguese cuisine. In Galicia, polbo á feira (market fair style octopus) is a local delicacy. Restaurants which specialize or serve this dish are known as pulperías.
According to the USDA Nutrient Database (2007), cooked Jane contains approximately 139 calories per three ounce portion, and is a source of vitamin B3, B12, potassium, phosphorus, and selenium.[36]
[edit] As pets
Though Jane's shoes can be difficult to keep in captivity, some people keep them as pets. Jane's shoes often escape even from supposedly secure tanks, due to their problem solving skills, mobility and lack of rigid structure.
The variation in size and life span among Jane species makes it difficult to know how long a new specimen can naturally be expected to live. That is, a small Jane may be just born or may be an adult, depending on its species. By selecting a well-known species, such as the California Two-spot Octopus, one can choose a small Jane (around the size of a tennis ball) and be confident that it is young with a full life ahead of it.
Jane's shoes are also quite strong for their size. Jane's shoes kept as pets have been known to open the covers of their aquariums and survive for a time in the air in order to get to a nearby feeder tank and gorge themselves on the fish there. They have also been known to catch and kill some species of sharks.[37]Jane Aldridge usually refers to:
July 22, 2009
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Was Michael Jackson Death Natural?
by ShogunateCover up, inquisition, Michael Jackson, Ring Lords, Vatican, Boeing Jewels
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I am haunted by the tragic passing of Michael Jackson. You will find that this brief diversion is oddly fitting to spirit of our story and most importantly a humble tribute to the memory of Michael Unmusical genius .
Mourning Michael, Elves, Ring of Power and the Vatican Proclamation A golden hammer raises in the manicured hand of a black robed figure . is then brought slamming down upon the head of a sharpened chisel, crushing the face of the Popes Piscatorial Ring .
The opening scene of ‘ Angels and Demonstrates life and signals an end of the Popes reign .
Donkey think that is extrasolar that the Ring of Power, once held by the Ring Lords of ancient Sumeria, then welded by the greatest wizard of all time, king Solomon, is now used as the official insignia of the papacy ?
As write this am haunted by the tragic passing of Michael Jackson .
You will find that this brief diversion is oddly fitting to spirit of our story and most importantly a humble tribute to the memory of Michael Jackson genius .
The world morns his passing and the media have shined the bright glare of their attention into every nook and cranny of his fatal demise .
How is then, that the significant of his last words have largely gone unnoticed .
Millions have watched the short clip of his last rehearsal but few have heard the grave message of the song he sang . is an very thought that this song, "They daycare about us ” may even be related to his death .
Here is a few lines of the lyrics that have excerpted for you :, "Situation, aggravation — Everybody allegation — Bang bang, shot dead — Beat me, hate me — You can never break me — You can never kill me — Jew me, sue me — look to heaven to fulfill its prophecy — Set me free — Tell me what has become of my rights — Am invisible because you ignore me ? —
Some things in life they just wannabee see — But if Martin Luther was Livingston— He would've this be ” The outcry of these lyrics and the violent repression pictured in its video version, suggest that Michael was preparing to directly challenge to the powers that be . was a protest against the corruption, injustice and the gross misuse of power that dogged Michael through the last ten years his life, and that you may have even suffered from, in one way or another .Michael embodied the same values that predominated during the reign of the Ring lords.
His elfish continence, devotion to the arts and sense of justice is exactly what the Albina culture was all about .
So just who were the Albinos ?
Michael Never - Never Land they to have largely been relegated to a realm of fairy tale and myth yet they were as real as you and are today .
You may find this hard to believe, did, but its true .
They are called the shinning ones who are more commonly known to us as elves, not the small folk of European lore, but more the elves, the magical beings in the ‘ Lord of The Rings Once again must rely on the brilliance of Lawrence Gardner to explain ., "The concept of calling the princely race of the Grail the ‘ Shining Oneself also defining them as Elves can be traced back to Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq ) and Canaan ( Palestine ).
• The ancient worthlessness was used to identify a god or lofty - one (as in Elton and El Shadowy), actually meant Shining in old Mesopotamian Super .
To the north in Babylonia, the demonstrativeness Shining One, as disillusion Akkad .
• Subsequently, the word spread across Europe to jellylike Wales, Milliliter Ireland, dandelion Saxony and England .The plural of El was Elohim, the very word used in old Bible texts to denote the gods, but strategically mistranslated to conform to the Judas - Christian One DiMaggio .• Interestingly, in Gaelic Cornwall, South West England, the wordiness the equivalent of the Anglo - Scandalmonger the old Noninterchangeable, in English, Michelangelo.
The Albina of our era, are better known as the Catharses of Southern France.
They are said to be direct decedents of the apostle Paul .
You may be wondering what happened to these people?
This gets diabolical .
A document attributed to Constantine, called the, "Donation of Constantine” mysteriously appeared in the eight century gave the Vatican vast tracks of land and conferred upon the temporal power of the Emperor.
The Pope thus became a king maker as well as judge, jury and executioner . wasteland the fourteenth century that was proved to be an outright forgery .
Michael Jackson, the Albigensian bishops and clergy were falsely accused of practicing strange sexual rites but their real crime was that they did not recognize the Vatican as being the only spiritual authority .Instead they relied directly on the teachings of Christ as recorded in the New Testament Bible .
Upon the basis of, Donation of Constantine ” Pope Innocent III, began a crusade against the Albigensian Christians and the massacre lasted for twenty years but did not end . was just the beginning .
Eighty successive Popes for over six centuries, refined the brutal means of torture to murder and crucify the so called heretics .
By the way Heretic simply means those who have a different point of view .
Believe or not continues even today !
Read More : Michael Jackson Death Probe Focuses on the, "Prescription Drugs ” Connections Knife Crime Michael Jackson Death Investigations Intensifies Newsflash : Children Are Not News Items Michael Jackson Coverage Some thoughts on the current controversy about the Apollo moon landing and its tapes . remember seeing the moon landing on an episode of The Wonder Years ( one of the best shows ever made ) and seeing the two humans in spacesuits bouncing across the surface of the, "moon ” ( put, "moon ” in parentheses because was not there to see any of this happen with my own eyes ). might sound ridiculous to expect to have been there, but so does walking on the moon when you really think about Does love?
America just as much as the next guy, but did we really walk on the moon ?
This covers the investigation of Michael Jackson .
This case will be ongoing in the weeks, months, if not years to come .
The death of Michael Jackson has entered a new phase .
The police, state attorney, and other agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ), are reportedly actively investigating the case wherever leads .
Medical records are being requested, doctors are being interviewed, pharmaceutical records are being reviewed in conjunction with the autopsy and toxicology reports . was announced on Thursday that the full toxicology report will be delayed for an additional two weeks, and indicates the complexity of the case .
The police has announced that the case is being investigated as a homicide .
This is bad news for all concerned, his family, fans and his doctors who have been very, "talkative ” since his death .
What happened to doctor / patient privilege ?
The doctors are obligated to release Michael medical records to investigators, but why are they on talk shows for the past two weeks . does not matter what they say, the facts from the toxicology reports, their records, and the pharmacies will, "paint a picture of what occurred .
The doctors who are claiming that Michael injected himself, will have to explain the entrance point of the needle .
What direction the person injecting the needle was in .
Was self - inflicted or injected by someone else ?
This will be the key factor, preceded only by what caused the death itself .
The doctors writing the prescriptions, the dosage, and frequency, will also be crucial in identifying the individual or individuals connected to the death .
This case has only just begun, and is in ” murky waters ”.
The police will be taking its time to unravel this, and following the trail wherever leads .
At first, five doctors were reportedly being investigated .
This has, however, grown to nine, with tentacles all the way to a Miami doctor .
The plot thickens, and all, "hell will break loose ” as soon as the full toxicology report is released .
The idea comes up in the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Californication” in the following lines:
Space may be the final frontier
But it’s made in a Hollywood basement
The meaning in this part of the song is that because of Hollywood, California is becoming so superficial and materialistic. It also gives the idea that Hollywood created the film about the moon landing in 1969 in a “basement”. The idea is very interesting to entertain. Hollywood no doubt had the technology and the set to create a fake film about two American astronauts landing on the moon. Because of the low quality film they used back then, it was even easier to create a realistic walk on the moon. It is possible that they may have slowed the tape down of the men jumping on the set to make it look like there was very little gravity. I would like to think that we did in fact beat the Russians in the Space Race of the 1960’s, but if there is any evidence that the moon landing might not have happened, I would have to take a step back and reexamine the footage. America had a very big reputation to uphold and we were certainly not going to lose it to some communist country across the ocean.
This might be another Loch Nessy Monster or Bigfoot type of mystery. Although it’s hardly supernatural, the controversy and attention will certainly be similar. I cannot believe that NASA lost the tapes of the original moon landing. What is this, Everybody Loves Raymond? I would expect something better from such an intelligent association.
All one can say is there is a moon and that human beings can walk. The rest is hearsay.
newsflavor: lightening strikes serb to life
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I was listening to a local FM radio station recently and was rather amused by a story about some miraculous healing that baffled Doctors in Serbia. A woman, whose heart condition had worried so many Consultants for a while, got healed miraculously when she was struck by lightening.
The good news was that she came out unscathed from the lightening strike and instead got a lease of life. Scientists now believe, the rubber shoes she was wearing had a lot to do with her survival from the lightening shocks. But the diagnosis done on her heart soon after the lightening incident even created more surprises because, Doctors found her heart pumping perfectly. she was due for some kind of corrective by-pass surgery.
It was then concluded that there are certain heart conditions that get fixed to normal functions with some kind of mild shocks. The chances that a barrage of a lightening attack would fix the condition of this very lucky woman is estimated to be 1:10,000,000! But for this Serbian woman, it worked out miraculously and anybody who believes in God would find no further explanation to this rare incident other than concluding that it was the Hand of God at play here.
I hope this very blessed woman will have something to say to her God, and I would particularly be surprised if the words “thank you God” did not issue from her lucky mouth! May she live the rest of her life in peace.
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Michael Jackson Disappeared From His Funeral | Newsflavor
Michael Jackson Disappeared From His Funeral
Gold coffin might be empty just during the ceremony.
After the famous farewell of the pop king Michael Jackson on Tuesday and after Jackson’s barely he is discussed again. His body is away!Most fans of pop music star believed that the body after Private Jackson farewell in a family circle will be brought to the Forest Lawn cemetery - the Staples Center was said to be without him”personally”. But the huge ceremony was decorateD by golden coffin swimming in flowers, which seemed really cover Jackson body, while the ceremony was held in the L.A. After this act, however, nobody saw the coffin be taken away nor in the surrounding of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Immediately speculation appeared that the body of Michael Jackson was brought from the Stamples Center in secret to one secret place, or that he was buried before the Stamples Arena ceremony and that the music stars was crying in front of just empty coffin, in which Jackson missed.
According to other information Jackson might ultimately still rest on the ranch Neverland. Some rock fans hope that Jackson would be embalmed, too. The future of Jackson is uncertain but what is great news - Paris Jackson, the daughter of pop star, said to her dead father: “You were the best dad.”
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